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Duterte's sister denies lover was chopped up by 'death squad'

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President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s 68-year old sister, Jocelyn, vehemently denied allegations that her elder brother ordered the killing of a dance instructor who was reported to be her lover.Reports of the alleged killing of Jocelyn’s lover surfaced when self-proclaimed assassin Edgar Matobato told members of the Senate Justice and Human Rights Committee that the Duterte, a Davao mayor then, told him and other henchmen to chop up the body of Jocelyn&#x27;s boyfriend.READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/15/16/duterte-ordered-killing-of-sisters-lover-lto-fixer-claims-witness">Duterte ordered killing of sister’s lover, LTO fixer, claims witness</a>&quot;That is a total lie. Malaking kasinungalingan yan,&quot; Jocelyn said.Jocelyn admitted that she frequented ballroom clubs, but was quick to clarify that the allegations made by Matobato against the President were not true as &quot;all her dance instructor friends are still alive and well.&quot;She labelled the alleged expose as a &quot;politically-motivated plot&quot; masterminded by Senator Leila De Lima.&quot;I hold de Lima personally for that to have happened. Kung ikaw senator ka bago ka magharap ng witness pag-usapan muna ninyo. Because sa nangyari kanina, that&#x27;s a big lie,&quot; she added.&quot;I don&#x27;t like the idea na ako. I am not a politician. I hold her responsible,&quot; she added.Matobato also earlier accused Duterte of ordering the killing of suspected criminals in Davao City during his reign as mayor.Matobato, a former army militia, told a Senate hearing that he was recruited to a hit squad called the &quot;Lambada Boys&quot; alongside five others in 1988, when Duterte started his first term.Under questioning by Sen. Leila de Lima, a staunch critic of Duterte&#x27;s bloody war on drugs, Matobato said he killed around 50 people from 1988 to 2013.&quot;Ang trabaho po namin ay pumapatay ng kriminal kagaya ng [Our job is to kill criminals like] drug pusher, rapist, snatcher. Ganyan po ang pinapatay namin araw-araw [These are the people we kill everyday],&quot; he said.READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/15/16/self-confessed-death-squad-member-tags-duterte-in-killings">Self-confessed death squad member tags Duterte in killings</a>

President Rodrigo Duterte's 68-year old sister, Jocelyn, vehemently denied allegations that her elder brother ordered the killing of a dance instructor who was reported to be her lover.

President Rodrigo Duterte's 68-year old sister, Jocelyn, vehemently denied allegations that her elder brother ordered the killing of a dance instructor who was reported to be her lover.